Raised a Southern Baptist who later converted to Roman Catholicism, Gen. Wesley Clark knew just what to say when he strode into a Brooklyn yeshiva in 1999, ostensibly to discuss his leadership of NATO\’s victory in Yugoslavia.

\”I feel a tremendous amount in common with you,\” the uniformed four-star general told the stunned roomful of students.

\”I am the oldest son, of the oldest son, of the oldest son — at least five generations, and they were all rabbis.\”

The incident could be a signal of how Clark, who became the 10th contender in the Democratic run for the presidency on Wednesday, relates to the Jews and the issues dear to them.

Apparently Clark, 58, revels in his Jewish roots.